Welcome to Windows 7 Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find support and solutions for any problems regarding your Windows 7 PC be it Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a custom build. We also provide an extensive Windows 7 tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

PSU n/a Hard Drives 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB on the Lenovo Internet Speed as much as I can get - usually on a dongle, so <1Mb/s Antivirus MSE Browser IE11/Chrome/FF(if I must)

I thought you might have done - the error code is different, but the frustration is very much the same!
I don't think Susan would object if you were to email her with a reference back to this thread (see the latest two/three posts).

PSU n/a Hard Drives 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB on the Lenovo Internet Speed as much as I can get - usually on a dongle, so <1Mb/s Antivirus MSE Browser IE11/Chrome/FF(if I must)

Fishever? Noel pointed me to this thread as we're seeing folks with this failing update and the normal fixing stuff is just not working. Would you mind emailing me at susan-at-msmvps.com (change the -at- to a @) and I'll ask you for a phone number so I can set up an official support case with Microsoft so we can get to the root cause of these failures.

Hi Susan, nice to see you again. I'm exact the one from the answer forum (Felix as username there). You have already set up a case for me. we just had a conversation under my post there But thanks all the same.

Yeah the one where the support dude missed the Service level agreement and never contacted you (grumble grumble). Cool, okay I've emailed someone else grumbling about that to get it looked at sooner versus later. Thank you for helping here.

I come back to give a short report. I got contact from a MS guy after Susan setting up the case for me. We tried some steps which I have already tried (here and before), but I believe he can maybe get a lot more useful informations from doing those. Unfortunately still no luck. After going through the log files again he said the servicing stack might be corrupt. He said I should copy the COMPONENT hive from a working machine to the impacted machine, which I haven't done yet because I have to find a working machine first. If that still won't work out, I'll have to do the inplace upgrade. The case is "archived" for now and it probably will take a while for me to try those out as I'm currently a little busy. So that's all I guess. It will probably still end up with an inplace upgrade, but still I want to express my thanks again to NeolDp and Susan. This is a great place where people will actually try to help. Wish you all the best.

@Fishever,
have been googling this issue since 4 days and came to this forum today.
i have got 4 servers ( 2008 x64 std) with the same issue... gone through several forums and even tried the system update readiness tool. i have around 23 working servers and therefore would like to go with the replacing COMPONENTS from a working one. could you please guide me through if possible.
i have not involved MS yet as its a long process. we do patching with sccm 2007 , so i tried installing it manually as well. still the update fails and at the next discovery sccm reports one update failed/waiting for next maintenance window! wondering how it got installed on other server where the configuration/OS are the same!
found out these from the CBS log

@Fishever,
have been googling this issue since 4 days and came to this forum today.
i have got 4 servers ( 2008 x64 std) with the same issue... gone through several forums and even tried the system update readiness tool. i have around 23 working servers and therefore would like to go with the replacing COMPONENTS from a working one. could you please guide me through if possible.
i have not involved MS yet as its a long process. we do patching with sccm 2007 , so i tried installing it manually as well. still the update fails and at the next discovery sccm reports one update failed/waiting for next maintenance window! wondering how it got installed on other server where the configuration/OS are the same!
found out these from the CBS log

Code 80073712 when trying to install KB3021674I run windows update on a regular basis and have not had any problems with other recent updates, but KB3021674 will not install. Instead, I get error code 80073712.
I have run SFC /scannow as suggested elsewhere and it did not find any errors.
I have also run CHKDSK as suggested elsewhere and...

Windows Updates & Activation

Error Code 80073712 while trying to install windows updatesG'day guys. As the title says I've been getting an 80073712 error while trying to install some updates.
Updates and errors:
Important:
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3068708). Published 9/06/2015
Optional:
Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2574819). Published...

Windows Updates & Activation

Cannot install Windows Update KB2972211 - Error Code 80073712Hi all,
I am having a problem installing the above update. It will download to 11% and then instantly fails, never getting to the Installation phase. I have no problems downloading or installing any other updates.
I have run the System Readiness Tool
sfc/scannow reports some corrupted...

Windows Updates & Activation

W7-64bit Feb-2013 Updates; KB2799494 Failed, Error Code 80070057I have a HP DM4 W7-64Bit notebook PC. I'm a very techy person and keep the machine very clean. I run Avast for A/V protection, run MalwareBytes from time-to-time to check too and both are clean. The machine's use is 90% for MS Office....mostly Outlook....with some web surfing. I even use CCLeaner...